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This blog was created for USASTRATCOM Long Lines Battalion Army personnel who served in Taiwan during the 1965-72 time frame. Specifically, those who lived and worked in and around Taipei are the target. If you worked at the Grass Mountain or Gold Mountain facilities or anywhere in downtown Taipei, we would like to hear from you. All are welcome to visit and contribute to this blog. Your comments and pictures are encouraged.

Monday, July 13, 2015

Causes, Combatants, Deaths And Results Of The Vietnam War

Now that we have skimmed through WW1, WW2, and the Korean War, we naturally progress through the 20th Century to the war in Vietnam. The Vietnam Era is about as accurate as body counts in any war, but it is either 1960-1975 or 1962-1975. The combat itself lasted over 8 years, which roughly starts it in 1964 and ends in 1972.

Map from pewresearch.com

The map above is fairly accurate when looking at the key cities, villages and battles.

Reasons for Vietnam War from kisworldhistory.wikispaces.com

Some of the reasons for the war are the same as those for the Korean War.

Some reasons for the Vietnam War from kisworldhistorywikispaces.com

These reasons are a bit different. Notice the Vietnam circle and the last sentence in it.

Reasons from slidesharecdn.com

Reasons from slidesharecdn.com

Reasons from slidesharecdn.com

Graph from themetropolitain.com

Chart from adyfuve.comuv.com

Pie chart from rationalrevolution.net

Graph from slate.com

Graph from a.p.org

Chart from archives.gov/research

Chart from rationalrevolution.net

Chart from motherjones.com

Poster from eBay.com

Timeline from slidesharecdn.com

Effects from slidesharecdn.com

Map from plancanada.ca

Page from history.army.mil

Page from history.army.mil

The draft, though used in all four major wars of the 20th Century, was eliminated in 1973.

Photo from upload.wikimedia.org

This panorama picture shows the Three Soldiers Memorial and the Vietnam Memorial Wall in the background with some 58,000 names according to the photographer, Mr. Ortiz.

Photo from upload.wikimedia.org

The Three Soldiers Monument was added after The Wall was built.

Photo from thewall-usa.com

Dedicated in 1982, the black granite wall contains the names of all service people who gave their lives in the service of their country.

Photo from upload.wikimedia.org

The National Women's Memorial in Washington, D.C. comprises the third memorial of the Vietnam War.